FBI searching for murder suspect

The FBI is searching for a South Side man charged with first-degree murder who apparently skipped his grandfather's September funeral and is thought to have fled to Tennessee.

Gregory Haynes, Jr., 26, was charged in U.S. District Court today with fleeing across state lines to avoid being prosecuted on first-degree murder charges.

Haynes already had been charged with murder in connection with the March 9 slaying of Terrell Thomas, 24, who was shot eight times at a house party in the 9700 block of South Carpenter Street. Thomas was found lying on the floor and was later pronounced dead at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn.

On March 14, an arrest warrant was issued for Haynes, formerly of the 2900 block of East 79th Street, in Cook County Circuit Court, according to Wednesday's FBI affidavit.

Just this month, a witness told the FBI that, in a May phone call, Haynes said his father had driven him to Tennessee to hide.

Despite being listed as a pallbearer on the program for his grandfather's Sept. 26 funeral, Haynes was a no-show, according to the FBI, which was watching the event.